2020 Administrative Professionals Learning Salary 
Bonnie Low-Krayman
JANUARY 10, 2024
By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Admin Professional Today | November, 2023 The Great Resignation of 2020 led to massive and chaotic hiring in 2021. In addition to already having excellent organizational, communication, and scheduling skills, many administrative professionals also can flex the following skills. Quiet Hiring.
Office Dynamics
JANUARY 21, 2020
I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. First, I have been entrenched in the administrative profession for 50 years. This is a very exciting time for the administrative professional. Joan Burge.
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C-Suite Assistants
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
The demand for highly-skilled, tech-savvy, multitasking administrative professionals who perform business and personal tasks has become so great that a new position is trending—the Executive/Personal Assistant (EA/PA). Last year for example, at C-Suite Assistants, only 7 percent of our total placements in 2020 were for EA/PAs.
Admin Awards
AUGUST 24, 2020
Many months back, I learned my executive nominated me for a very prestigious professional award, and not surprisingly, found myself in a complete state of shock. Am I willing to be this vulnerable in a professional environment? I genuinely wondered, could I even do this? Action sparks growth. With approximately 7.8
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
I learned that these dismissive demeanors and disrespectful behaviors had to do with the disparate perceptions about what assistants actually do. Until March, 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, I had worked in 14 countries and 38 states. Do the research on your salary. Out of sight, out of mind? Not so fast.
Bonnie Low Kramen
MAY 17, 2021
On the other hand, I hear from assistants that job descriptions are obsolete, salary bands are slow to move, and job titles do not reflect the level of responsibility for the role. The result of my probing was the cover story of the September, 2020 issue of this magazine called “ How is HR Really Deciding How Much $$$ to Pay You?”
Bonnie Low Kramen
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
As enlightened as I think I am on issues around discrimination, I learned a great deal from speaking with Spencer, Aaisha, Melba, and several other Black colleagues who preferred to remain anonymous. After negotiations with one organization, I ended up agreeing to the initial salary offered (knowing the position called for considerably more).
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